New to this forum & a first time cat owner...
Hi,
My little 6 year old daughter is terrified of our little 3 1/2 month bengal kitten .. She's been scrathed a few times & now won't go near the cat. Has any body tried "Soft Claws" http://www.spuk.com/ .. Has any body tried them do they work, are they bad for the cat..
I would appreciate if some one could help...

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Carol Goodall

"People that hate cats will come back as mice in their next life!"

Hi there, sorry to hear about your little girl beign scared.. its sad when theyre like that..

I would trim the kittens nails rather than put caps on them.. those covers look like the nails cant retract properly, plus theycant cling the their scratch post either

watch this link -

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pet-Nail-Scissor- ... dZViewItem
I have three children, and when they were younger I taught them to not hold any of the animals, cause they can hurt you if theyre scared.. I did however get them involved in feeding stroking etc..
get your daughter to start feeding little tidbits.. ie a small bit of ham, a prawn etc every so often.. get her to stroke the kitten gently while the kitten is asleep...the kitten & your daughter will gain confidence with each other.. just dont allow holding for the time being..
good luck

Okay I looked in my bag and I had my SD card so here are a few photos...You can tell he is missing one in the 1st photo.

Thank you all for your advice...
I guess it won't hurt to try them for a little while, atleast she won't be scratched & hopefully she will have the courage to play & build up her confidence.
Rhiannon thanks for the pictures, they look great

haven't tried them just as yet...
There seem to be getting along at the moment.
She's been giving him treats if he's behaving himself or walking away saying i'm not your friend .

I have them for Forest (DSH). They work great and when he scratches the couch i know the couch isn't being ruined. When we first put them on he could tell they were on even tho they are the clear ones and so we have caught him trying to pull them off with his teeth. Some came off so we had to literally hold him down in order to replace the ones he "lost" and in the initial process of putting them on.

I just purchased a pack of black and white ones for Gizmo (10 month old Bengal), Kitten Size. The day we brought him home from being neutered we tried to see how long his nails were to see if we could attempt to put them on him, and turned out the vet has cut his claws really short so we couldn't and also the process of trying to hold him to see his lengths was quite a challenge.

Rhiannon: does your Olly put up much of a fight for you when you put the soft claws on? Any advice for a really squirmy bengal to keep calm and still?

ok finally attempted to put on the Soft Paws on Gizmo and it took 40 mins to put 9 on. He was meowing as if we were hurting him but that was not the case at all. We had him wrapped up in a blanket the whole time. The 10th claw we couldn't put on, somehow his fur got glued to his claw so that might be annoying to him later. Near the end he started hissing cuz he wanted to run away but my bf had a good grip on him. So we finally got 9 on, held him for 5 mins as the package says so and let him play. He started cleaning his paws and he pulled one of the nail caps off so now there are 8 left. Rhiannon, how long does it usually take for you to put them on Olly? My bf is almost ready to get him declawed b/c it took us soo long to put them on but i'd rather not go that route.

Just pick your moments, you don't have to do them all together....even if it's only one claw at a time.

If you declaw, then you're essentially cutting part of the toe away....imagine having all your finger tips cut off at the first joint just before the knuckle, sure you'd manage, but it's not going to be good and just think of the pain the cat must go through until it's all healed!

Every step would be total agony!

It's well and truely banned here in the uk...thank god!

Anyways wait till he's half asleep and mount a silent assault on one paw, or wait until he comes for a cuddle and he's totally relaxed. Try to do as many claws as you can manage before he wakes up fully, and then try again later or maybe the next day, I think wrapping him up in a towel again will just enforce a bad reaction every time.

We put down some tasty food to eat straight afterwards for our girl, just to give the glue time to dry....she has only pulled one off so I guess the plan worked!

She wears them at the moment because she's a menace...

If you still have problems you could also ask your vet to put them on the first time around, then you only have to replace the odd one that comes off.

Hope this helps...

thanks for the advice meemonkey we do give him treats when he's been good and we gave him one after we were done. took him a few mins as if he was trying to decide if he could trust us still.

I have read and know how inhumane it is to declaw a cat and never want to put him through it esp if Forest can still have his claws (soft paws on) and they fight like crazy all the time. So i think i will have to coax my bf into thinking the same...

We've only had him for 7 weeks now, but with every week he gets more comfy with us. But still even when he's just falling asleep and you go near him he wakes up even at the slightest noise. So he's still really skittish. I'm starting to think that the "breeder" we got him from lied to us about him. He doesnt take well to strangers and has "petting agressions" towards me. He still runs and cowers from my bf, but he'll follow me around and "talk" with me. He sits by the bedroom door every morning waiting for me to get up for work.

Is there any way to tell if a cat is the runt without asking the breeder? I've asked for pix of Gizmo's parents and havent heard back in over a month, everytime I ask about his previous behaviour i never get a straight answer. The breeder just dances around the question and makes me forget what i've asked. Therefore, i've found myself wondering, of all the bengals they said they had, why did they want to sell him and only him? Making me think there is an underlying problem with him.

Back on topic...So after the hissing and struggling with him to put the soft paws on he still let me pet him and give him a treat. Maybe putting on the last 2 tonight will only take 10 mins...good idea Rhiannon! I will try that